10 Worst Nuclear Disasters in History
#3. Kyshtym,
Russia 1957 – Level 6
The Kyshtym Nuclear disaster was a radiation contamination
incident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a Nuclear fuel
reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. It measured as a Level 6
disaster on the INES, making it the third most serious Nuclear
disaster ever recorded behind the Chernobyl Disaster and Fukushima
Daiichi Disaster. The event occurred in the town of Ozyorsk, a
closed city built around the Mayak plant. Since Ozyorsk/Mayak was
not marked on maps, the disaster was named after Kyshtym, the
nearest known town.
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